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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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